User manual PHILIPS M640

[. . . ] NO USER·SERVICEABLE PARTS INSIDE. REFER SERVICING TO QUALIFIED SERVICE PERSONNEL. PHILIPS M640 Sony Electronics Inc. 1 Sony Drive, Park Ridge, NJ, 07656 USA Telephone No. : 201-930-6970 This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions. : (1) This device may not cause harmful interference, and (2)this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. This symbol is intended to alert the user to the presence of uninsulated "dangerous voltage" within the product's enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock to persons. [. . . ] ! [ MENU ] : END 70 Labeling a cassette To erase a character In step 6 turn the control dial to select [ M ], then press the dial. The last character is erased. To change the label you have made Insert the cassette to change the label, and operate in the same way to make a new label. If the mark appears in step 5 The cassette memory is full. If you erase the title in the cassette, you can label it. If you have superimposed titles in the cassette When the label is displayed, up to 4 titles also appear. Note on "-----" indicator displayed on the LCD screen or in the viewfinder The "-----" indicates the number of characters you can select for the label. When the "-----" indicator has fewer than 10 spaces, the cassette memory is full. Note on the cassettes If you use a cassette tape set to prevent accidental erasure, you cannot label it. Slide the protect tab so that the red portion is not visible. Advanced operations 71 Watching on a TV screen Connect the camcorder to your TV or VCR to watch the playback picture on the TV screen. When monitoring the playback picture by connecting the camcorder to your TV, we recommend you to use house current (mains) for the power source. Connecting directly to a TV or VCR with Audio/Video input jacks Open the jack cover and connect the camcorder to the inputs on the TV by using the supplied A/V connecting cable. Set the TV/VCR selector on the TV to VCR. Turn the control dial to select CM SEARCH in Turn the control dial to select ON, then press the dial. Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly, until the date search indicator appears. (6) Press = or + to select the date for playback. POWER Advanced operations Playback starts from the beginning of the selected date automatically. 5 DA T E SEARCH SEARCH MODE 1 2 3 4 5 6 SEP SEP DEC J AN FEB APR / 5/9 / 6/9 / 24 / 9 / 1/0 / 11 / 0 / 29 / 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 1 VTR OFF CAMERA MEMORY 2 MENU 3, 4 6 DA T E SEARCH 1 2 3 4 5 6 SEP SEP DEC J AN FEB APR / 5/9 / 6/9 / 24 / 9 / 1/0 / 11 / 0 / 29 / 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 CM S E T CM S E A R C H ON T I T L E ERA S E OFF T I T L E DSP L TAPE T I TLE ERASE A L L RE TURN [ M E N U ] : E ND To stop searching Press p. (Illustration: M640) Notes · The interval of the boundaries between the dates needs more than two minutes. The camcorder may not search if the beginning of the recorded date is too close to the next one. · The black cursor on the screen indicates the date that was selected previously. · If a tape has a blank portion in the beginning or between recorded portions, the date search function will not work correctly. · Up to 24 date data can be stored in a cassette with 16 K memory. 75 Searching the boundaries of recorded tape with date ­ date search Searching for the date without using cassette memory If you use the tape without cassette memory, skip steps 3 and 4. (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) Set the POWER switch to VTR. Turn the control dial to select CM SEARCH in Turn the control dial to select OFF, then press the dial. Press SEARCH MODE on the Remote Commander repeatedly, until the date search indicator appears. (6) When the current position is [b], press = to search towards [a] or press + to search towards [c]. Each time you press = or +, the camcorder searches for the previous or next date. Playback starts automatically when date changed. [. . . ] 116 DV IN/OUT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83 Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82 EJECT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 92 END SEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ]